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DSC said:
I think these were seen as separate projects with the work on Bathurst/Fleet to be done when the tracks there needed to be replaced (now??) and the ROW on QQE moving to the side of the street between Spadina and Bathurst at some point when someone has lots of $$$ as THAT is a far bigger project.
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The plan to redo QQ been on the books since 2008 or about with the Fleet intersection from QQ to Fort York since 2019 or about if it is on the books.

If you are going to move the ROW to the west side of Bathurst to deal with Fleet intersection, you need to deal with the current ROW from the Lake Shore to QQ at the same time as the alignment will be mismatch at Fleet. To do it right, Lake Shore would have to be done twice if the northern section is done first.

Since there been no EA for moving the ROW, the work will be replacing what is there now for the Fleet intersection with traffic still interfering with the turning of the 511.
 
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This is probably the first time for a 504 on the restored tracks.

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I guess Adelaide isn't ready yet west of York?
 
Without opining on the merits of particular individuals, the TTC is a massive city agency and a massive transit agency which deserves the best available leadership, wherever it comes from. It should have transit leaders from all over the world fighting to lead it, and not merely the ones looking to pad their pension pots after mediocre stints elsewhere. If this job can’t attract that kind of leader, we need to look seriously at why, whether it is the compensation, the governance environment or anything else which is causing that, and not just for positions at CEO level either.
 
Jonny5 said:
This is probably the first time for a 504 on the restored tracks.

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I guess Adelaide isn't ready yet west of York?
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DSC said:
Or the staff at TTC who set up detours have not yet found out about it? It LOOKS ready to me but ....
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Wasn't it said somewhere here that streetcars were running "express" along the Queen detour. If so, I can imagine there aren't any marked stops on Adelaide between Spadina and York. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Otherwise, I could see the TTC wanting to maintain consistency between EB and WB services.

Since Richmond doesn't have tracks there.
 
Mind_the_gap said:
Wasn't it said somewhere here that streetcars were running "express" along the Queen detour. If so, I can imagine there aren't any marked stops on Adelaide between Spadina and York. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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As far as I know, there's no stops marked, or unmarked on Adelaide between Spadina and York. It's been decades since an in-service car detoured there.
 
DSC said:
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I assume that these closures will finally deal with the RSZ around Union.

 
DSC said:
I assume that these closures will finally deal with the RSZ around Union.

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At least one would hope, but i'll believe it when I see it and i'm not holding my breath.
 
dowlingm said:
Without opining on the merits of particular individuals, the TTC is a massive city agency and a massive transit agency which deserves the best available leadership, wherever it comes from. It should have transit leaders from all over the world fighting to lead it, and not merely the ones looking to pad their pension pots after mediocre stints elsewhere. If this job can’t attract that kind of leader, we need to look seriously at why, whether it is the compensation, the governance environment or anything else which is causing that, and not just for positions at CEO level either.
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I think an issue of why top global talent will be hard to attract to TTC is that a major role of transit agencies across the world is no longer within TTC's mandate: rapid transit expansion. The chance to oversee large scale capital projects and be in the photoshoot at the ribbon-cutting ceremony is a major attraction for top talent. Running a (mostly) purely operational agency with a massively diminished role in rapid transit expansion is not as prestigious, and other options may seem attractive.

We must remember the straw that broke the camel's back in Andy Byford's stint in New York City was the Governor shifting control of subway capital projects from NYCT to the broader MTA. If someone of Byford's stature is coming to Toronto, it will be to Front and Yonge, not Davisville and Yonge.
 
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